Cigarette maker



Dec. 5, 1939. H. F. KIRKwooD 2,182,698

CIGARETTE MAKER Filed March 13, 1939 lllllllmlllllllllllmlll INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 5, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 CIGARETTE MAKER Hugh Forrester Kirkwood, Bucksport, Mainel Application March 13, 1939, SerialNo. 261,579

2 Claims. (Cl. 131-5) The invention relates to a cigarette maker and more especially to a novelty device for cigarette making.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein cigarette paper held within a pack can be conveniently carried and each sheet or wrapper of cigarette paper can be rolled in a convenient Av-.manner and placed in a position to be readily and easily filled with tobacco so that a complete handmade cigarette can be had without liability of waste of the tobacco when filling the cigarette paper or wrapper for the making of the cigarette. Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein the tobacco can be packed within a cigarette paper or wrapper and the latter completely filled without waste of the tobacco during the filling or packing period and in the use of such device a "handmade cigarette results therefrom without necessitating excessive labor on the part of the user or operator of the device.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein a pack 2510i cigarette papers can beheld therein and the device conveniently carried on the person, being compact and susceptible of handy operation for the hand making of cigarettes and the resultant product having the appearance of a machine 30 l made cigarette.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein the rolling of the papers as wrappers for cigarettesA can be accomplished with ease `and dis-- gpatch without liability of mutilating or other- Wise disiguring the papers and when rolled can be conveniently filled with tobacco, particularly the granulated kind, for eiecting handmade cigarettes. 40v A still further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, which is simple and novel in construction, thoroughly reliable and eicient in operation, susceptible of being carried on the person, easy of manipulation, strong, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be 50`hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing: v Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view showing the device constructed in accordance with the l invention with the pack of cigarette papers removed therefrom.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the device.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the linev 3 3 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows. f

Figurel is a sectional View taken on the line llof Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a mandrel constituting an adjunct together with a capping element of the device.

Similar reference characters indicate corre# spending parts throughout the several views in the drawing. y

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates. generally a pack of cigarette papers and is con" ventional, the papers being singly drawn o-r pulled from the pack for the making of a cigarette while B denotes generally the device for the making' of the cigarette and constituting the present invention as hereinafter fully described.

The device B comprises a casing I0 preferably made from sheet metal having built therewith at one longer edge a partially cylindrical or tubi-k formed trough II while at the opposite or other longer edge is formed a clip I2, then at one end is a closure -wall I3, the other end being open so that the pack A can be introduced through this open end into theA casing Ill and held against the wall I3 by the clip I2 so that said pack A by thev clip is retained within the casing for easy removal of the pack at will. The trough II has permanently tted therein a longitudinally slitted cylindrical barrel I4, being extended for a distance within said trough and open at opposite ends. The slit in the barrel I4 is indicated at I5, and the open end inwardly of the trough I3 of this barrel carries a mouth piece I6 having a flared mouth I I which opens directly into the trough II and the latter opens into the casing I0, the latter partially opened atvone side, that is, thev side next to the trough, so that tobacco can be poured into the casing and gravity flow thereof had in the direction of the trough I I for a purpose pres-- ently described.v

The trough II has an outwardly bent lip edge I8 extending longitudinally for a major extent thereof while the remaining edge I9 overlaps the pack A when stored Within the-casing I9. The lip I8 assists in the gravity flow of the tobacco,- denoted at 20, from within the casing I0 into the trough I I so that the tobacco within this trough can be fed through the mouth I6 into the barrel I4 in a manner and for the purpose presently described.

Fixed on the casing IU exteriorly thereof at the back of the same are spaced eyes 2| for removably receiving a mandrel 22 of uniform circular cross section throughout its length excepting the outwardly tapered tip 23 thereof. This mandrel 22, when removed from the eyes 2l is of a cross sectional size to be accommodated within the barrel I4, and such mandrel is for the purpose of rolling cigarette paper 24 thereon for creating a cigarette Wrapper and also for the placement of the said mandrel with the wrapper 24 rolled thereon into the barrel I4. Upon the placement of the rolled wrapper 24 within the barrel I4, the mandrel 22 can be readily extracted from the rolled wrapper leaving the said wrapper in the rolled condition Within the barrel for the reception of the tobacco 29 in the making of the handmade cigarette. The wrapper 24 in the rolled condition is fully within the barrel I4 with the outermost end of the rolled wrapper flush with the outer end of said barrel while the inner end of the rolled wrapper is protected by the mouth IS, which has a nipple 25 adapted to be telescoped into the inner end of the rolled wrapper when within the barrel for protection to said wrapper at this end.

The Wrapper 24, when completely rolled upon the mandrel 22, has the outermost longer edge thereof tacked to avoid the unrolling of the wrapper from completed rolled condition.

Slidably fitted on the mandrel 22 and removable therefrom when desired is a capping member 26, its partial sleeve formation 21 being telescopically engaged over the barrel I4 for closing the outer end of the latter and retaining the wrapper 24 within said barrel in its rolled condition. The capping member 26 is applied to the barrel after removal of the mandrel from the wrapper 24 when the latter is confined in a rolled condition within the barrel.

The trough II at the end remote from the barrel I4 is formed with a reduced tubular throat extension 28 through which plays a feeder spiral 29. This spiral 29 has a turning grip 39 swiveled upon a crank 3l of a slide rod 32 movably fitting guide eyes or sleeves 33. These eyes or sleeves 3 are built externally on the trough II, and this feed spiral 29, when rotated, urges the tobacco within the trough II through the mouth I6 into the wrapper 24 rolled and held within the barrel I4. When the fed. tobacco packs within the wrapper 24, the feed spiral 29 is caused to retract within the trough II through the throat 28, the rod 32 slidably fitting the eyes or sleeves 33 following the retracting movement of the said spiral. In this manner the cigarette is handmade.

When the mandrel 22 is not in use, the same is engaged in the eyes 2I and the capping piece carried by this mandrel when not in use will cap the end of thebarrel I4, as is clearly shown in Figure l of the drawing. Also the pack A, when the device is not in use, is held within the casing Ill. However, it is not required that the pack A be fully removed from the casing A when making a cigarette because such pack can be utilized as disclosed by dotted lines in Figure 2 of the drawing to close the open end of said casing and in this position the tobacco sifted from the back or the like into the casing I0 can not drop or be wasted through the open end of said casing due to the occupancy of the pack therein. TheV mandrel 22 when in the eyes 2| and also the rod 32 slidably fitting the eyes or sleeves 33 are disposed parallel with each other and also parallel with the trough I I and barrel I4.

The assembled relationship of the parts of the device renders the same compact.

The tip 23 of the mandrel 22 enables the easy insertion of the mandrel within the barrel I4 through the outer open end thereof when the cap 26 is removed from this end. The slot I5 in the barrel I4 is provided to allow the mandrel to be inserted within said barrel with a cigarette paper partially wound thereon and the edge of the exposed portion of this paper can be wetted and by the turning of the mandrel telescoped within the barrel the paper will be completely rolled within the barrel and its wetted end tacked for maintaining rolled condition ofthe paper.

The feed spiral 29 freely operates through the mouth I5 and the throat 28 being manually turned at the grip for feeding operation thereof in advancing the tobacco 29 in the trough lI into the rolled cigarette paper 24 when confined within the barrel I4 of the device. As the tobacco packs within the roll, the spiral 29 backs outwardly therefrom allowing the wrapper or cigarette paper 24 in its rolled condition to be fully and completely filled with the tobacco and the latter properly packed therein. When the cigarette has been completed, the cap 26 is removed from the outer end of the barrel and the said completed cigarette can be ejected from the device by the feed spiral 29, the latter being pushed inwardly through the throat 28 and mouth IB hereinbefore referred to.

What is claimed is:

1. A cigarette making machine comprising a casing for receiving loose tobacco, a trough opening into the casing for the iiow of tobacco therein, a barrel aligned with the trough and in communication therewith and adapted to receive a rolled cigarette wrapper, rcleasable capping means for fitting the barrel to retain the Wrapper therein, a turnable feed spiral for delivering the tobacco into the wrapper from the trough and displaceable relative to the latter, a slide for the spiral associated with the trough, a mandrel for the rolling of the wrapper and removably received in the barrel, means for hanging the mandrel to the casing, and means for removably fitting the capping means on the mandrel.

2. A cigarette making machine comprising a casing for receiving loose tobacco, a trough opening into the casing for the ow of tobacco therein, a barrel aligned with the trough and in communication therewith and adapted to receive a rolled cigarette wrapper, releasable capping means for fitting the barrel to retain the wrapper therein, a turnable feed spiral for delivering the tobacco into the wrapper from the trough and displaceable relative to the latter, a slide for the spiral associated with the trough, a mandrel for the rolling of the wrapper and removably received in the barrel, means for hanging the mandrel to the casing, means for removably fitting the capping means on the mandrel, and a turning grip formed with the spiral and swiveled to the slide.

HUGH F. KIRKWOOD. 

